Needed: imicro webcam driver for Ubuntu 10.

[BJFDW]

I've searched the site and can't find anything. Doesn't anyone know where I can get one? Thanks. (Newbie BTW.)

[Irithori]

Judging from a quick search, the imicro webcams are more or less unusable with linux.

Which USB ID does your webcam have?

lsusb

[BJFDW]

Judging from a quick search, the imicro webcams are more or less unusable with linux.

I think I finally got that about compatibility.

Which USB ID does your webcam have?

lsusb

I'm in Windows right now but I think it's the USB2.

[BJFDW]

Just got notice of a message here but it's gone! It read:

Are you using Debian?

I don't know. I'm using Ubuntu.

[Irithori]

I think I finally got that about compatibility.

What are you referring to?

I'm in Windows right now but I think it's the USB2.

Not the usb version.
I was asking for the USB ID, which might give better search results

In windows, you can get that information from the device manager,
right click on the webcam -> options -> details -> "Hardware-IDs"
There should be a 4 digit VID and a 4 digit PID number.
Please post them here.

[BJFDW]

What are you referring to?

That they are unusable.

Not the usb version.
I was asking for the USB ID, which might give better search results

In windows, you can get that information from the device manager,
right click on the webcam -> options -> details -> "Hardware-IDs"
There should be a 4 digit VID and a 4 digit PID number.
Please post them here.

VID: 0AC8

PID: 3420

[Irithori]

Hmm,
according to this,
Linux UVC driver & tools
you might be halfway lucky.
The device should be supported by the uvcvideo kernel module.

Can you please post the output of:

dmesg|grep -i uvcvideo

and

grep -i uvcvideo /var/log/messages

Question: Did you ever just try to start a webcam application like cheese or skype?

[BJFDW]

[On Edit: I found the "Terminal"]

Yes I tried it on Skype and it didn't work.


I ran the two commands:

jerry@jerry-desktop:~$ dmesg|grep -i uvcvideo
[ 11.039023] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
[ 11.041037] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
jerry@jerry-desktop:~$ grep -i uvcvideo /var/log/messages
Apr 25 19:23:48 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.716675] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 25 19:23:48 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.718665] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 26 02:30:43 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 6.139686] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 26 02:30:43 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 6.141733] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 28 08:26:37 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 8.599326] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 28 08:26:37 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 8.601220] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 28 09:22:49 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 3379.940733] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 28 09:59:58 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 8.880932] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 28 09:59:58 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 8.882839] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 28 10:16:57 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 10.984203] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 28 10:16:57 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 10.996658] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 29 09:49:41 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.167558] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 29 09:49:41 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.172025] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
Apr 30 08:06:21 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.377241] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
Apr 30 08:06:21 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.386337] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
May 3 09:49:43 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.258940] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
May 3 09:49:43 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.263128] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
May 3 10:50:52 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.151812] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
May 3 10:50:52 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.155193] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
May 3 13:13:30 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.039023] uvcvideo: Found UVC 1.00 device Venus USB2.0 Camera (0ac8:3420)
May 3 13:13:30 jerry-desktop kernel: [ 11.041037] usbcore: registered new interface driver uvcvideo
jerry@jerry-desktop:~$

[BJFDW]

Works with Skype! I think the download I got this time was better!

[Irithori]

hmm, not really sure, what was the issue.
The output from /var/log/messages indicates, that the webcam was working all the time.
And that would mean, the skype config was off.

Anyway, glad it works.
Have fun